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I am in debt. I do not wish to be. I wish to be able to retire early and only do the type of work that makes me feel better about the world. This blog is a personal attempt to document improving my financial situation while trying to improve the world.

I began life poor. I am now fortunate to be a professional in a city away from my former poverty. Jumping classes means that I look around and see a world I do not know. I am still learning how to navigate and master this new world.

This blog will document my journey to financial freedom, but it is also a place for me to share my plans to make the world more decent and fair. Largely, this will involve my being more decent and fair. A place for me to grow.

Every great journey must have an origin story, and your heroine, ZJ Thorne, has one ready for you.

In the past few weeks, a friend, Mabel, suggested that I buy her coop. I ran the numbers, and realized that even if I wanted her coop, I could not afford it. However, running the numbers made me realize how much I want out of my current living situation. Mabel inspired me to get serious.

Thankfully, my journey is not just my own. I have the pleasure of being in a relationship with The Beautiful One, TBO. She is not at a place where our relationship involves co-habitating, and thus, I decided that I need to focus on getting my financial house in order so that I can buy my way out of living with my PAR, passive-aggressive roommate, in the next year, if possible.

My professional life sees me as a W2 employee who bounces between gigs and the owner of a small business in a niche in the same field. My income varies greatly and feels impossible to predict, which has added that extra kink into planning.

My personal life is that of a young lesbian in a serious relationship with TBO in a major US city.

My hope is to conquer my personal and educational debt and achieve enough passive income to only accept the type of work that brings me joy.

My hope is to live in a place where I share the bathroom with noone I am not in love with.

My hope is to continue growing as a human and to encourage deep thinking about the world, and then seeking to change what can be changed.

My hope is to share that journey with you.

Inspired by J. Money, I will share my net worth on a regular basis. The situation is dire, my net worth is negative $150,000. A very large, very negative number.